2012
Good and Bad News Comes With NASA’s 2012 Budget
[/caption] On November 14, President Obama signed an Appropriations bill that solidified NASA's budget for fiscal year 2012. The space…
Where’s My Doomsday? Remnants of Comet Elenin Pass by Earth Without Incident
[/caption] If you were waiting for Comet Elenin to wreak havoc on Earth so that you didn’t have to pay…
Comet Elenin Disintegrated?
[/caption] Comet Elenin, the supposed "doomsday comet" that has inspired so much confusion and controversy since its discovery in December…
Comet Elenin Could Be Disintegrating
[/caption] Astronomers monitoring Comet Elenin have noticed the comet has decreased in brightness the past week, and the coma is…
Worried About Comet Elenin? FAQs from Ian Musgrave
[/caption] Astronomer and blogger Ian Musgrave from South Australia has been active in debunking the misinformation and nonsense that is…
Comet Elenin: Just Passing By
[/caption] It starts out innocently enough: a small speck against a field of background stars, barely noticeable in the image…
World Ending on May 21? Don’t Count on It
Why do some humans have a fixation on the world coming to an end? From ancient Nostradamus to Marshall Applewhite…
NASA Avoids Accountant’s Axe
[/caption] With the US's attention firmly focused on the budget with calls to cut spending in every possible non-essential programs,…
Betelgeuse and 2012? Check With the Experts
[/caption] We've heard there's some news running amok that the star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion could explode in 2012.…
2012: NASA’s Scientific Reality Check
NASA is now joining in to combat the 2012 nonsense. Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object office has…